US4463744A - Distributorless ignition system with surge absorbing means and apparatus therefor - Google Patents

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US4463744A
US4463744A US06/241,374 US24137481A US4463744A US 4463744 A US4463744 A US 4463744A US 24137481 A US24137481 A US 24137481A US 4463744 A US4463744 A US 4463744A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02P—IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES
    • F02P7/00—Arrangements of distributors, circuit-makers or -breakers, e.g. of distributor and circuit-breaker combinations or pick-up devices
    • F02P7/02—Arrangements of distributors, circuit-makers or -breakers, e.g. of distributor and circuit-breaker combinations or pick-up devices of distributors
    • F02P7/03—Arrangements of distributors, circuit-makers or -breakers, e.g. of distributor and circuit-breaker combinations or pick-up devices of distributors with electrical means
    • F02P7/035—Arrangements of distributors, circuit-makers or -breakers, e.g. of distributor and circuit-breaker combinations or pick-up devices of distributors with electrical means without mechanical switching means
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02P—IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES
    • F02P15/00—Electric spark ignition having characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F02P1/00 - F02P13/00 and combined with layout of ignition circuits
    • F02P15/08—Electric spark ignition having characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F02P1/00 - F02P13/00 and combined with layout of ignition circuits having multiple-spark ignition, i.e. ignition occurring simultaneously at different places in one engine cylinder or in two or more separate engine cylinders

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  • This invention relates to an ignition system for use with an internal combustion engine, for example, an automobile engine, and also to an apparatus useful for such an ignition system.
  • a distributor having mechanical contacts has been incorporated for sequentially distributing a high voltage induced in an ignition coil to a plurality of spark plugs.
  • this system has been encountered with, for example, the problem of noise generation due to incessant on-off of the distributor contacts and the problem of deterioration of the function of the distributor contacts due to wear, moisture, soiling and the like.
  • This system has therefore been defective in that the noise generated from the distributor contacts provides a source of radio interference, and the useful service life of the system is shortened in addition to its reduced reliability.
  • the DIS comprises a plurality of series circuits each including a diode and a spark plug and connected in parallel to the secondary winding of an ignition coil such that the polarities of the diodes with respect to the secondary winding are inverted in every other one of the circuits so that the current flows through the circuits are alternately reversed and an electrical power source circuit connected to the primary winding of the ignition coil for supplying a primary current periodically in synchronism with the ignition timing of the internal combustion engine to be ignited through the DIS such that the polarity or direction of the primary current with respect to the primary winding is reversed every other cycle of the periodic supply thereby inducing into the secondary winding a high voltage periodically with a polarity inverted in every other cycle.
  • the conventional DIS generally has no problem so long as the internal combustion engine incorporated with the DIS is under the normal operating condition, but it has been found that a problem arises sometimes when the engine is driven under an unusual operating condition such that the electrodes of some of the spark plugs are excessively worn or the circuit on the primary side of the ignition coil is energized in the state in which one or more of the spark plugs have been removed from the wiring on the secondary side of the ignition coil for the purpose of, for example, maintenance and inspection of the engine.
  • no spark ignition will occur in spite of induction of the high voltage across the secondary winding of the ignition coil.
  • a surge voltage which is three to ten times as high as the secondary voltage appearing in the normal operating condition will be induced in the secondary winding of the ignition coil. This surge voltage is high enough to destroy the diodes when applied thereto in the reverse direction.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a DIS and an apparatus useful for the same, which are not destroyed even in the event of an unusual operating condition of an internal combustion engine.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide such an apparatus of small size the DIS thereby to reduce the cost thereof.
  • the present invention is featured by the fact that, in a DIS which comprises plurality of series circuits, each including rectifying means such as a diode and spark gap means such as a spark plug, and connected in parallel to the secondary winding of an ignition coil such that the rectifying means are connected to have polarities inverted with respect to the secondary winding in every other one of the series circuits as viewed in the order of ignition timing of the spark gap means associated therewith, and also in an apparatus to be used for such a DIS, each of the rectifying means has surge absorbing means associated therewith which operates effectively at a voltage level higher than the level required to generate a spark across the spark gap of the spark plug in the normal operating condition of the engine.
  • the operating voltage of the surge absorbing means is selected to be lower than the lowest one of the dielectric breakdown voltage levels of electrical insulating members which are used in the DIS or the apparatus and may be subjected to a surge voltage.
  • the rectifying means when a reverse surge voltage is applied to the rectifying means, the rectifying means does not act to block such a reverse voltage but rather allows the reverse voltage to pass through the surge absorbing means thereby to prevent any further increase in the reverse voltage.
  • FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram of an embodiment of the DIS according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic partial sectional view of an embodiment of the apparatus to be used for the DIS shown in FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view of the diode preferably employed in the DIS embodying the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a graph showing the reverse voltage to reverse current characteristic of the diode shown in FIG. 3.
  • FIGS. 5 and 8 are circuit diagrams of other embodiments of the DIS according to the present invention respectively.
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 are schematic sectional views of two forms respectively of the diode preferably employed in the DIS shown in FIG. 5.
  • FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram of an embodiment of the DIS according to the present invention when applied to a 4-cylinder internal combustion engine. The structure and operation of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 1.
  • an ignition coil 11 includes a primary winding 111 and a secondary winding 112 having a turns ratio selected, for example, to be about 1:100.
  • the primary winding 111 is provided with a center tapping as shown.
  • the ends of the primary winding 111 are connected to the anodes of diodes 213 and 223 respectively, and the cathodes of these diodes 213 and 223 are connected to the collectors of transistors 212 and 222 respectively.
  • the emitters of these transistors 212 and 222 are grounded.
  • the tapped center of the primary winding 111 is connected through a power on-off switch 12 to the positive plate of a power source 13.
  • the negative plate of the power source 13 is grounded.
  • the power source 13 is also connected through the switch 12 to IC's 211 and 221 provided for controlling the DIS. These IC's 211 and 221 are connected at their inputs to switches 21 and 22 respectively which are turned on and off in synchronism with the rotation of the engine.
  • the IC's 211 and 221 are connected at their outputs to the bases of the transistors 212 and 222 respectively.
  • the IC's may be constructed in well-known manner to include a detector (not shown) for detecting the ON condition of the switch 21 or 22 and an amplifier (not shown) for supplying an output to the base of the transistor 212 or 222 when the detector detects the ON condition of the associated switch.
  • the switches 21 and 22 are alternately turned on and off to alternately supply base current to the bases of the transistors 212 and 222 thereby alternately turning on these transistors 212 and 222. Consequently, current flows through the path which is traced from the positive plate of the power source 13 to the negative plate of the power source 13 via the switch 12, the tapped center of the primary winding 111, one of the ends of the primary winding 111 and the transistor 212 or 222. Since the transistors 212 and 222 are alternately turned on, the direction of the primary current flowing through the primary winding 111 of the ignition coil 11 changes alternately in one direction and the other.
  • Series circuits of diodes 31, 32 and spark plugs 41, 42 are connected in parallel with each other between one of the ends of the secondary winding 112 of the ignition coil 11 and ground in such a relation that the direction of the diode 32 is opposite to that of the diode 31.
  • series circuits of diodes 33, 34 and spark plugs 43, 44 are connected in parallel with each other between the other end of the secondary winding 112 and ground in such a relation that the direction of the diode 34 is opposite to that of the diode 33.
  • These diodes 31 to 34 have a constant voltage characteristic or Zener characteristic in the reverse direction and are capable of withstanding a high surge voltage.
  • the diodes 31 and 34 are reverse biased to block the high voltage.
  • the simultaneous spark generation of the spark plugs 41 and 44 occurs repeatedly in alternate relation ship with the simultaneous spark generation of the spark plugs 42 and 43 which also occurs repeatedly.
  • these spark plugs are associated with those cylinders, respectively, which are selected such that when the cylinder associated with the spark plug 41 or 42 is under a condition where the spark plug 41 or 42 is to be sparked, the cylinder associated with the spark plug 44 or 43 is under another condition where its operation is not substantially affected by the spark generation of the spark plug 44 or 43. The above cycle is repeated to perform the function of the ignition system.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic partial sectional view of an embodiment of the apparatus to be used for the DIS shown in FIG. 1. More precisely, the elements surrounded by the two-dot-dash line 10 in FIG. 1 are mounted in the apparatus.
  • the ignition coil 11 covered with a resin 101 is housed within a coil case 102 made of a resin, and a pair of opposite terminals 113 of the secondary winding 112 of the ignition coil 11 are disposed in an opening formed in the top of the coil case 102.
  • a pair of opposite terminals of the primary winding 111 of the ignition coil 11 are disposed on one of the side walls of the coil case 102 although not shown in FIG. 2.
  • a bottom portion of a diode case 105 made of a resin is received in the top opening of the coil case 102 to form a one-piece package by combination of the coil case 102 and the diode case 105.
  • the diode case 105 accommodates the diodes 31, 32, 33 and 34 therein.
  • a pair of terminals 103 and four terminals 104 extend through the bottom wall and the top wall respectively of the diode case 105.
  • the terminals 103 are connected to the terminals 113 respectively.
  • the dioes 31, 32, 33 and 34 are connected between the terminals 103 and 104 in the polarities shown in FIG. 1.
  • Conductors wired to the spark plugs 41, 42, 43 and 44 shown in FIG. 1 should be connected to the four terminals 104 respectively.
  • the internal space in the diode case 105 is packed with a resin 106 which is an electrical insulator.
  • the properties of the resin 106 have great influence on the reliability of the diodes 31, 32, 33 and 34. Therefore, it is desired to use, as the resin 106, a material such as epoxy resin which exhibits good adhesion to the surfaces of the diodes 31 to 34, a coefficient of thermal expansion substantially equal or close to that of the diode, a high insulation, a high heat resistivity, a high moisture resistivity and a low coefficient of contraction. From such view points, an insulating oil may be preferably used in lieu of the resin 106.
  • a reverse voltage applied to each of the diodes 31 to 34 in the normal operating condition of the engine will be approximately equal to the spark discharge voltage which is about 10 kV to 20 kV.
  • the ignition system may be energized in a state in which at least one of the conductors connecting the individual diodes to the associated spark plugs has been removed for the purpose of, for example, maintenance and inspection of the engine.
  • an excessively high reverse voltage (a surge voltage) is applied to the diode which forms the pair with that from which the connecting conductor has been removed.
  • the secondary voltage of illustrated polarity is induced in the secondary winding 112 of the ignition coil 11 in the state in which the conductor connecting the diode 34 to the spark plug 44 has been removed in FIG. 1.
  • the diode 31 is forward biased, while the diode 33 is reverse biased, and no spark discharge occurs so long as the secondary voltage is being borne or blocked by the diode 33. Therefore, unlike the normal operating condition of the engine, a surge voltage of 40 kV to 50 kV, or higher than that sometimes is applied to the diode 33 in the reverse direction.
  • a surge voltage of 40 kV to 50 kV or higher than that sometimes is applied to the diode 33 in the reverse direction.
  • Such a situation occurs also when one or more of the spark plugs fail to properly generate sparks due to excessive non-uniformity of wear on the spark plug electrodes.
  • the diode corresponding to the diode 33 in the embodiment of the present invention will be broken down as a result of the application of the excessively high surge voltage, and the function of the DIS will be completely lost.
  • the diodes may have a breakdown voltage level higher than the surge voltage, and the diode corresponding to the diode 33 in the embodiment of the present invention may not be destroyed, the surge voltage of excessively high level will be applied to other members constituting the DIS-mounting apparatus, for example, portions of the insulating materials provided in the apparatus shown in FIG. 2.
  • Such portions of the insulating materials include portions of the resin 106 or the diode case 105 between the terminals 104 and a portion of the resin 101 between the terminals 113 of the secondary winding 112 of the ignition coil 11.
  • Application of such an excessively high surge voltage will break down the insulation in these portions.
  • an insulating material which shows a higher insulation performance and is therefore frequently more expensive must be used or an increase in the creeping distance is required, and such a requirement provides a hindrance to the desired miniaturization and cost reduction of the apparatus to be used for the DIS.
  • the aforementioned embodiment of the present invention is capable of solving the problems above described.
  • the diodes 31, 32, 33 and 34 in the embodiment of the present invention exhibit a constant voltage characteristic or Zener characteristic in the reverse direction and are capable of sufficiently withstanding a surge power of excessively high level, as described hereinbefore.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view of one of the diodes employed in the embodiment of the apparatus shown in FIG. 2.
  • the diode includes an assembly of a predetermined number of (for example, 30) silicon diode pellets 301 of PIN structure stacked with an aluminum solder 302, and a pair of tungsten electrodes 303 are disposed at the opposite ends of the assembly respectively.
  • a pair of copper leads 304 are coaxially connected to these electrodes 303 respectively.
  • a glass passivation means 305 is molded between the electrodes 303 to enclose the silicon diode pellets 301, and the outer surface of the glass passivation means 305 is covered with an envelope of a resin 306.
  • the PN junction of each individual pellet 301 is finished to be as flat as possible, and the impurity concentration of the I-type or intermediate layer of the PIN structure is selected to exhibit a predetermined constant voltage characteristic in the reverse direction which term is used for indicating the same meaning as avalanche breakdown characteristic or Zener characteristic.
  • a dislocation-free silicon material is used for the manufacture of the pellets 301.
  • the material of the glass and the glass firing condition were carefully selected so as not to produce voids in the glass passivation means 305.
  • V ZP on the horizontal axis represents the avalanche voltage of the diodes employed in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1
  • V S represents the voltage required for generating a spark across the spark gap of the spark plugs
  • V T represents the minimum value of the dielectric breakdown voltages of the various insulating materials used in the apparatus shown in FIG. 2. It will be seen in FIG. 4 that V ZP is higher than V S but lower than V T .
  • the diode employed in the present invention exhibits its blocking characteristic like a conventional diode until the reverse voltage applied thereto attains the level V ZP .
  • the diode Upon attainment of V ZP , the diode is subject to avalanche breakdown and is immediately placed in a state in which it permits flow of large reverse current. Consequently, the surge voltage would not increase beyond the level V ZP .
  • the value of V ZP is selected to be about 25 kV which is higher than the value of V S which is generally about 20 kV. Therefore, there is utterly no possibility that the diodes conduct in the reverse direction under the normal operating condition of the engine thereby changing the firing order or causing mal-ignition.
  • the system were arranged to block a surge voltage of 40 kV to 50 kV or more only by a diode circuit, a plurality of diodes should be connected in series for that purpose since, it is difficult to make a diode which alone can block or withstand such a high surge voltage.
  • the surge voltage is generally not distributed uniformly among the respective diodes thereby disadvantageously reducing the resultant capability of surge-voltage blocking by the series connection of the diodes.
  • the embodiment of the present invention can obviate the above defect since the level of V ZP is selected to be about 25 kV, and the blocking of a surge voltage less than V ZP is achieved by a single diode device.
  • the V ZP of the diodes employed in the embodiment of the present invention is suitably selected to minimize power consumed in the diode due to absorption of the surge voltage, which is desirable in that generation of heat in the diode can be minimized, and a diode of small size having a surge voltage withstanding capability lower than that of large size can be employed.
  • the embodiment of the present invention is advantageous for the miniaturization and cost reduction of the DIS apparatus because the diode itself has the surge absorbing means associated therewith.
  • FIG. 5 Another embodiment or a modification of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 5.
  • Reference numerals 21 and 22 generally designate switching means which may be mechanical contacts or transistors such as those shown in FIG. 1 or any other semiconductor switches including thyristors.
  • the switching means 21 and 22 are semiconductor switches such as transistors or thyristors, it is obvious that a control circuit (not shown) for driving the same is required.
  • surge absorbing means 51, 52, 53 and 54 are connected in parallel with conventional diodes 31, 32, 33 and 34 respectively.
  • Each of these surge absorbing means 51 to 54 exhibits a V-I characteristic similar to that shown in FIG. 4 in a direction parallel to the reverse direction of the diode connected in parallel therewith.
  • a surge absorbing means may be a surge arrester which is in the form of, for example, a sintered block of zinc oxide (ZnO).
  • the surge absorbing means may be a stack of a required number of semiconductor surge arrestors of three-layer structure, that is, NPN or PNP structure.
  • FIG. 5 is as effective as that shown in FIG. 1 in the function of absorbing the surge voltage by the surge absorbing means.
  • capacitors are used as surge absorbing means.
  • This embodiment is a modification of that shown in FIG. 5 in that the surge absorbing means 51, 52, 53 and 54 in FIG. 5 are replaced by capacitors respectively.
  • the capacitors employed in this embodiment have a capacitance of about several pF. While a conventional diode includes a very small inherent capacitance formed between the pair of electrodes, this capacitance value is too small to be utilized as surge absorbing means, and it is therefore necessary to positively add a capacitor thereto as in the third embodiment.
  • discrete capacitors are connected in parallel with the diodes 31, 32, 33 and 34 respectively.
  • each of the diodes 31, 32, 33 and 34 may be so constructed that a predetermined capacitance may be present between the pair of electrodes.
  • the practical structure of the diode in such a modification will be described with reference to FIG. 6.
  • reference numeral 31 designates a diode whose structure is the same as that shown in FIG. 3 except the absence of the resin envelope 306. In the diode structure shown in FIG. 6, however, the constant voltage characteristic is not expected for the diode 31 itself.
  • a pair of spaced conductive flat plates 501A and 501B are disposed adjacent to and electrically connected to the electrodes 303 respectively.
  • These flat plates 501A and 501B extend in the radial direction from the associated ends of the electrodes 303 of the diode 31 connected to the leads 304, respectively.
  • the space between the conductive flat plates 501A and 501B is packed with a dielectric material 502 such as an epoxy resin having a relative permittivity larger than unity (1), so that a capacitor is formed by these flat plates 501A and 501B and is connected in parallel with the diode 31.
  • the surface of this capacitor is covered with a resin 503 to be protected from the ambient atmosphere.
  • the capacitance of this capacitor can be adjusted as desired by, for example, changing the area of the flat plates 501A, 501B and the composition of the resin 502.
  • the resin 502 may be any one of epoxy resin, polyester resin, polybutadiene resin, polyethersulfon resin and noryl resin which is selected depending on the desired value for the capacitance.
  • the capacitance of the capacitor in the structure shown in FIG. 6 in several pF, and this capacitance value is enough to effectively absorb a surge voltage of several-ten kV.
  • a most preferred method includes the steps of covering the peripheral surface of the diode 31 with a resin 502 having a predetermined diameter, coating a conductive paste on the axially opposite ends of the resin block 502 to form the pair of electrodes 501A and 501B, and finally covering the assembly with a resin 503 acting as a protecting layer.
  • FIG. 7 shows, in an axial sectional view, the structure of a modification of the diode with capacitor shown in FIG. 6.
  • the structure shown in FIG. 7 differs from that shown in FIG. 6 in that the plates 501A and 501B include flat portions and cylindrical extensions 501a and 501b connected thereto and having different diameters respectively, and these cylindrical extensions 501a and 501b oppose partly each other with portions of the resin 502 interposed therebetween.
  • the size of the structure shown in FIG. 7 can be made smaller than that shown in FIG. 6 when they have the same capacitance.
  • the present invention is equally effectively applicable to a DIS for use in internal combustion engines having more cylinders.
  • the present invention is also applicable to a DIS for a 2-cylinder internal combustion engine in which spark plugs are connected to the opposite ends respectively of the secondary winding of the ignition coil, and diodes are connected in parallel with the respective spark plugs in the same direction with respect to the ends of the secondary winding of the ignition coil.
  • FIG. 8 One of the example for such circuit arrangement is shown in FIG. 8 in which the similar components are designated by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 and the primary winding of the ignition coil 11 is connected to a power source through switching circuit (not shown) substantially the same as that shown in FIG. 1 or 5.
  • Zener diode 32 and spark plug 43 constitutes a closed circuit with the terminals of the secondary winding 112, while zener diode 34 and spark plug 41 constitutes another closed circuit with the same terminals.

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